It's the best deal for the money. There's no shortage of information around the internet about the Dell Ultrasharps and they're widely liked for a lot of reasons. If you want an IPS in that aspect ratio, the Dell will be the highest quality you'll find until you go way above that $399.99 price point.

Would this Dell baby make me, as a gamer, happy? Cannot spend more than 400, will only do 16:10 and I do want an IPS. Ideally I'd like a smaller 22-23", but cannot see my above matched.

This one has been around for a while and I'm afraid that it will be refreshed soon with more awesomeness...Can anyone push me off the cliff, please?

A U2412m will make you, as a gamer, happier. It will also leave you with more money in your pocket.

The U2410 is a nice monitor, but it's wide gamut (a big minus for gamers), uses more power, has less contrast, and is hotter. The only real things going for the U2410 for you will be "10bit" (8bit + FRC) colour + additional inputs - neither of which really benefit you as a gamer.

In that case, 2312HM or 2412M. Of these two, I prefer the 2312HM. My 2412M took quite a lot of fiddling to get the colors to look correct (though this may not be the case for everyone), whereas my 2312HM was perfect out of the box.

Would this Dell baby make me, as a gamer, happy? Cannot spend more than 400, will only do 16:10 and I do want an IPS. Ideally I'd like a smaller 22-23", but cannot see my above matched.

This one has been around for a while and I'm afraid that it will be refreshed soon with more awesomeness...Can anyone push me off the cliff, please?

For gaming? Personally I wouldn't go with the Dell Ultrasharp. The Asus VG248QE might be getting released in a few weeks and it is 24" and has 144Hz refresh rate, which is awesome! Its the little brother to the 27" VG278HE. So why pay $400 for 60hz? (The Ultrasharp you picked is 60hz right?) Not only that but here is other monitors which have faster response time. I listed some below, you are going to have to compare the Pros and Cons your self.

Now that's the thing, no prices have being announced yet, only rumors for the new Asus 24" 144Hz, so I haven't found an official price. I heard that plans are for it to be officially announced at CES in a few days time. So I would be patient and look into that one first. It will also likely have faster response time

Here is the thing, all those Monitors I mentioned above have 120hz. You can find the BenQ XL2420T for $400 New from BenQ, there is also XL2420TX not sure what the difference is on that one but is more expensive.

The Acer is on sale on Amazon for like $270 I believe (New?). The Samsung Was on sale refurbished on Tigerdirect for $280.

What I mean by (Old) or (New) is that some of these models are from 2011, but that dosen't make them bad monitors

You are going to have to look into all these on your own and decide which one fits your needs, maybe you'll still decide for the Dell Ultrasharp but I think there are better choices out there for gaming and for 120Hz monitors.

I'm in the same boat, I'm trying to replace my Asus VE248 with a 120Hz mointor, I was about to buy the BenQ but I'm going to wait untill the Asus VG248QE releases and hope is within my budget.